Welcome to Hamilton and Shireen Class
Hello and a big welcome to our classroom!
We’re so glad you’ve stopped by. This is the space where we’ll celebrate all the fantastic learning happening in our class and keep you updated on the exciting things your children are exploring each day.
From messy play to magical stories, number fun to nature walks — there’s always something new to discover in Hamilton and Shireen Class!
Happy Learning, Happy Children!
What Are We Learning?
Our Early Years Curriculum at a Glance
At this stage of your child’s learning journey, play is powerful. That’s why our curriculum is designed around fun, discovery, and creativity. Every child learns best when they are happy, engaged, and encouraged to follow their natural curiosity.
We follow the EYFS Statutory Framework and use ‘Development Matters’ to guide our planning — giving children the very best start to school life.
Take a look at our EYFS Medium-Term Planning to see what’s coming up this year.
How We Learn
Every day is an adventure in Hamilton and Shireen Class!
Children learn through a mix of:
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Teacher-led activities to introduce key skills
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Child-initiated play where creativity and imagination take the lead
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Outdoor learning, rain or shine!
We love exploring our outdoor classroom — building, investigating, running, digging, and connecting with nature. Our setting offers plenty of space and freedom for children to be active, curious, and confident learners.
Our Goals for Your Child
In Hamilton and Shireen Class, we nurture the attitudes and behaviours that help children become confident, curious, and resilient learners — not just in school, but for life.
These are the learning dispositions we focus on every day:
Recent news
Discussing art with our parents and carers
Last week, our students were joined by a small, but special, audience of parents and carers to discuss P4C and to showcase students' artistic talent from across the school. Part of the event gave the children an opportunity to share what they have been practising in...
Think, Ask, Share – Philosophy Around Our School
The P4C ambassadors have decided to update the questions displayed around our school. In class, they engaged their friends in discussion to create suggestions, and here are the ones the ambassadors have chosen: Saim (Kahlo): We chose these because they will make...
NSEAD Award Winner!
We are very proud to announce that we have been awarded the Patron's Empowering Change Award for 2026’s National Society for Education in Art and Design Awards! The NSEAD Awards formally recognise art educators who champion our subject, push boundaries and empower...
Discovering the mini world around us!
We have been busy exploring the wonderful world of minibeasts during our learning time! The children have shown great curiosity and enthusiasm as they discovered that minibeasts come in many different shapes, sizes and colours, and live in a variety of habitats. We...
Another summer, another Philosothon 🙂💭
Lansbury Lawrence's P4C ambassadors met with other enthusiastic children from nearby schools to form a circle of curious minds ready to explore big questions together at our, now annual, Philosothon event. Everybody's voices bounced with ideas as students listened,...
The sun, children and parents all shining at our Eid Party
After a long wait, we enjoyed our Eid Party. The sun shone, the music played, the children and parents ate together and some danced along. What a lovely celebration.